Windmills, looking familiar

By BEN SMITH

08/10/2008 03:42 PM EDT

A sharp-eyed reader points out that McCain's Olympic attack ad, "Family" (above), and Obama's positive spot, "Hands" (below), appear to use the same stock footage of windmills. (Though slightly different moments from the footage, I think.)

McCain's was released first.

UPDATE: A reader points out that T. Boone Pickens used some awfully similar looking windmills, again from a slightly different moment in th pan, before either of the candidates. Maybe there's an opening out there for alternative stock film as well?